Car-brake.



a L. SCOTT.

CAR BRAKE.

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CAR BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY is, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 15 I917:

1,249,675. I Patentiad Dec. 11, 1917.

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CAR-BBAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

Application filed May 15, 1917. Serial No. 168,710.

To all whom it may'concern:

,Be it known that I, GEORGE L. Soon, a

,citizen of the United States, residing at Shawnee, in the county of Pottawatomie and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-- Brakes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved car brake and has as its primary object to provide a construction wherein the brakes will be arranged to bear on top of the car wheels and so connected to the car trucks that when the brakes are applied, tension on the brakes will act to lift up on the trucks so that the desired pressure may be exerted upon the wheels by the brakes without locking the wheel to slip upon the rails.

The invention has as a further object to rovide an arrangement wherein should the rake shoes become displaced from the brake heads or become broken off, the said brake shoes will fall to one side of the wheels and will thus not form obstructions upon the track such as very'often results with the conventional construction of car brake now in common use, with incident wrecks.

The invention has as a further object to rovide a brake wherein should one of the rake heads become displaced from the beam therefor, the said beam cannot drop down to form an obstruction in the path of the car wheels or to drag upon the track with rcsult ant injury to the brake mechanism or to the trackway.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a construction wherein, when the brakes are set, pressure 'of' the brakes upon the truck wheels will lift up wardly upon the car trucks in direct proportion to the pressure applied to the brakes to thus support a corresponding portion of the p of substantially U-shaped brake hanger weight of the load through. the brakes and also relieve the journals, journal boxes, brasses, and arch bars of an equal amount of weight with a consequent reduction in friction upon the journals and-lessening of the tendency toward heating of the journal boxes;

,Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in' the drawings whereln I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention andwherein. similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several parts,

Figure 1 is a plan view showing a conven tional type of car truck equipped with my.

improved brake mechanism,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation more particularly" Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and particular-l showing the lever employed for applying the brakes,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary front elevation showing one of the brake hanger brackets and the mounting of the springs employed for normally holding the brakes away from the truck wheels,

Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4 particularly showing the mounting of the brake heads and brake shoes,

Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing a lightly modified form of the invention,

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6 and showing the type of brake hanger bracket employed in connection with the modification, and

Fig'. 8 is a: fragmentary plan view partly brokenaway to show the arrangement of the chains used in connection with'the modified form of the invention for engagement with the levers for applying the brakes.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, I have shown my improved brake mechanism in conncctionwith a conventional type of car truck includin the side frames 10 between which exten the truckwheels 11. The side frames are formed with the usual upper and lower arch bars to receive the journal boxes 12 for the wheels. Extending between the side frames is a transom 13 in which is mounted a bolster 1d and arranged within the transom at the extremities of the said bolster are the springslfi for yieldably supporting the said bolster. j

(,oming now more particularly to the subject of the present invention I employ a pair brackets 16 at opposite sides of the truck. The arms of these brackets are fitted through the arch bars of the side frames of the truck to embrace the journal b0xes'12. Formed on the arms of the said bracket are lugs or stops 17 arranged to abut the uppermost arch bars of the said side frames and screwv threaded upon the lower extremities of the said arms are nuts 18'adjustable for securing the extremitiesof the arch bars of the the pairs of brake hanger brackets at oppoairs of brake in the drawsite. sides of the truck are hangers which, as. illustrate ings, are each preferably formed from a.

4 length of suitable metallic rod bent helically intermediate itsends to form a sleeve 19 having spaced arms 20 extending from the extremities thereof. The sleeves 19 of the bight portions of the brackets 16 and connected to the arms 20 of the said pairs of hangers respectively are brake beams 21 arranged above the truck wheels.

'Thebrake beams 21 are thus swingingly supported by the brake hangers and suitab y connected to the extremities of the said brake beams are the brake heads 22 arranged directly over the truck wheels. Mounted upon the brake heads in any approved manner are brake shoes 23 arranged to contact With the truck wheels. At their inner ends, the brake heads 22 are formed with lugs 24 and connected at their outer ends with the said lugs are thrust rods 25 secured at their inner ends to upstanding lugs 26 upon the uppermost arch bars of the side frames of the truck. The rods 25 are thus adapted to hold the brake shoes and brake beams against movement in either direction under the influence of the turning movement of the truck wheels.

Mounted within the transom 13 adjacent opposite extremities thereof, as particularly shown in Fig. 3, are upstanding brackets 27 and pivotally connected with these brackets are levers 28 extending longitudinally within the transom. Secured to the outer ends of the said levers and projectingthrough suit able openings in the bolster 11 are links 29 pivota-lly connected to the brake beams 21 at points substantially midway the ends thereof. Projecting laterally from one side of the transom 13 are spaced lugs 30 and pivotally mounted between these lugs is a bell crank lever having an upstanding arm 31 and a lateral arm 32 projecting int0 the transom, through a suitable opening in the adjacent'side thereof, at a point between the inner ends of the levers '28. Connecting the arm 32 of the bell crank lever with the said levers area plurality of coacting links 33..

The arm 31 of the bell crank lever is adapted to receive the connecting rod from the brake cylinders where the mechanism is to be pneumatically operated and is also adapted to receive proper connection, for

operating the brakes by hand, as will be readily understood; Leverage applied to the arm 31 of the bell crank. lever will swing the arm 32 thereof upwardly and 'act' upon I,

the levers-28 to pull downwardly upon the ro-l portion to the pressure applied to the bra lres.

he load upon the truck wheels will be correspondingly. relieved at the journal boxes 12 and since the brake shoes are arranged to bear on top of the wheels and will thus consequently tend to hold the wheels against the rails, the brakes may be applied with any reasonable force without danger of locking the wheels and slippingthe Wheels upon the rails. This feature of the present invention is one of important advantage since in any instance wlmrc a train is composed of full cars as well as empty cars, the brakes may he appliedwvith suiiicient force for 'eliec tually braking the train without likelihood of slipping the wheels of the empty cars, Furthermore, it is to be observed that since the brake slices: are arranged abo e the 1' ruck wheels, the said shoes should they become broken 06 or displaced from the brake heads will, under normal circumstances, fall to the sides of the truck wheels instead of directly under the wheels as is now commonly experienced with brake mechanisms of conventional type. By falling to the sides of the wheels, the brake shoes 'or parts thereof: will not obstruct the track to cause incident wrecks or other injury. Also, since the brake beams are arranged above the truck wheels; these beams cannot should one of the brake heads become displaced, drop down to cause injury to the track-way.

Mounted on the uppermost arch bars 01' the side frames of the truck over the journal boxes 12 are suitable bosses 34 and fitted within these bosses are preferably helical springs 35. Fitting over the upper extremities of the said springs are sockets 36 formed, as particularly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, with upstanding lugs37 engaging over the arms 20 of the brake hangers. The springs 35 are thus mounted to swing the brake hangers upwardly and acnos as ll1e.n0n110tl0n with the levers for applying the brakes. In this modification, a conventional truck side frame is shown at 38.- The extremities of this frame car journal boxes 39 and 'f'connected with the frame midway the ends thereof, is a transom the Y 40. Secured to the journal boxes in any ap-' "proved maner are upstanding brake hanger and through the beam 43 are bolts 4-5 the outer terminals of which are formed with loops 01' heads 46 to which are swing ngly connected the brake hangers 42. It will be seen. that this provides a. convenient arrange \u e1 pring 49 will thus,- nor :ally act to hold ment for mounting the brakes upon the type of truck side frame shown. Moreover, it will he noted that the brake hangers are connected directly to the brake heads with the connecting bolts 15 for the said hangers also acting to se ure the brak heads upon the brake ljarains. Formed on lln: ionrnal 39 or otherwise secured ihc =17 in which are arranged helical spr ir s 5% and fitted (xvi-r he upper inilics of thraid spr ngs a soc to the brake hangers the brake heads away from the truck wheels Extciuling through the bolster of the tran- HOlTl as in the preferred form of the invention are links 50 comicctcd at their upper extren'iitics to the brake beams and secured at their lower extremities to levers 51 arranged within the transom These levers 51 are identical with the levers previously describei'l. Mounted within the transom above the meeting ends of the said levers are brackets 52 upon which are mounted pulleys 53. Trained over these pulleys and secured to the said levers are chains At their outer ends, these chains are dctzuhably con nccted with a ring or other suitable loop 55 upon a chain or other approved connecting element- 56 between the ring 55 and the source of power for applying the brakes. When both of the chains 54 are connected with the ring 55, the brake beams at oppo site sides of the truck may be moved to engage the truck wheels. Ilowcver, should the brake shoes associated with one of the brake beams become displaced or impaired or if for any other reason it were desired to render the brakes at one side of the truck inactive, the corresponding chain 54 may be detached, from the ring 55 for readily accomplishing this result.

It will therefore be seen that I provide a. particularly eflicicnt construction for the purpose set forth and a brake mecl'ianism which may be installed upon substantially any conventional type of car truck as now in common use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A. car brake including brake hanger h "*ECk'lftS mounted upon a truck of the car,

' bl.' kc hangers swingingly connected to the said brackets to project over the wheels of the truck at one side thereof, a brake beam carried by the said hangers and arranged above corresponding wheels of the truck, brake heads carried by the said beam, and means connected with the truck and operatirely engaged with the said beam for shifting the brake heads toward the Said truck wheels.

2. A. car brake including coacting brake hanger brackets upstanding from a truck of the car at one side of the truck, brake hangers swingingly connected to said brackets, a brake beam supported above the wheels of the truck at the said side thereof, brake heads *arricd by the said beam, and means connected with the brake beam for shifting the said beam downwardly to operativcly engage the brake heads with the said wheels of the truck and connected with the truck for lifting up thereon by the downward pressure applied to the said brake heads.

EL A car brakev including coacting brake hanger brackets mounted upon a truck of the car, brake hangers swingingly connected to said brackets, a brake beam carried by said hangers above the adjacent wheels of the truck, brake heads carried by said brake beam, a lever mountedupon the truck, and connecting means betas-en the said lever and the brake beam, the lever being operable for pulling downwardly upon the brake beam to operatively engage the brake heads with the said wheels f the truck and -for lifting upwardly upon. the truck by tlie ddwnward pressure applied to the said brake heads.

4. A car brake including brake hanger brackets titted through the arch bars'of a. side frame of a truck of the car and connecting the adjacent journal boxes of the truck with the said frame, brake hangers swingingly connected to the said brackets, a brake beam carried by said hangers above the wheels of the truck at the adjacent side thereof, brake heads carried by the said beam, and means mounted upon the truck and operativoly engaged with the brake beam for shifting the said beam downwardly and moving the brake heads to operatively engage the upper sides of the said truck wheels,

5. A car brake including brake hanger brackets upstanding from a truck of the car, brake hangers bent intermediate the ends thereof to provide sleeves engaged with the said brackets and swingingly supporting the hangers thereon, a brake beam carried by the said hangers above the adjacent wheels of the truck, brake heads carried by the said beam, and means mounted upon the truck and operable for pulling downwardly upon the said brake beam and shifting the i 6. The combination with a car truck having side frames each including a plurality of arch bars, and journal boxes carried by the said frame for the wheels of the truck, of a brake carried b the said truck, am said brake including rake hanger brackets having arms fitted through the said arch bars at opposite sides of the said journal boxes and connecting the journal boxes with the frames, brake hangers swinginglymounted upon the said brackets, brake beams carried by the said hangers above corresponding wheels of the truck at opposite sides thereof, brake heads carried by the said brake beams, and means mounted upon the truck and operatively engaged with the said brake beams for pulling downwardly thereon and shiftingx the brake heads to operatively engage t e upper sides of the truck wheels.

7. A car brake including brake hanger brackets mounted upon a truck of the car,

brake hangers swingingly connected to the said brackets, a brake beam carried by the said hangers, brake heads carried b the said beam and arranged above the ad acent wheels of the truck,- yieldable means bearing between the truck and the said hangers far normally holdin the brake heads away from the truck whee s, and means mounted upon the truck and engaged with the brake beam for pulling downwardly upon the beam and shiftingthesaid brake heads to ,operatively engage the upper sides of the said truck wheels.

r 8. A car brake including upstanding brake hanger brackets mounted upon a truck of the car, brake hangers swingingly connected to the said brackets, a brake beam carried by said hangers above the adjacent wheels 0 the saidbeam, thrust rods between. the said brake heads and the truck for holding the brake beam against longitudinal movement -'with respect to the truck, and means mounted upon the truck and. connected witlrthe brake beam for pulling downwardly upon the said beam and shifting the brake heads to operatively engage the'upper sides of the said truck wheels.

- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE L. scorn [n s.]

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